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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the participants from the pilot study and the at-home collection kit study

From: Evaluation of saliva self-collection devices for SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics

Category

Pilot study (n = 30)

At-home kit (n = 60)

n (%)

Overall (%)

Bulb (%, n = 31)

Funnel (%, n = 29)

Sex

 Male

11 (37)

28 (47)

14 (45)

14 (48)

 Female

19 (63)

32 (53)

17 (55)

15 (52)

Age

 18–29

7 (23)

13 (22)

7 (23)

6 (21)

 30–39

16 (53)

27 (45)

11 (35)

16 (16)

 40–49

4 (13)

5 (8)

4 (13)

1 (3)

 50–59

0 (0)

5 (8)

3 (10)

2 (7)

 60–69

1 (3)

6 (10)

4 (13)

2 (7)

 70+

2 (7)

4 (7)

2 (6)

2 (7)

Education

 High School/GED

2 (7)

15 (25)

9 (29)

6 (21)

 Bachelors

7 (23)

21 (35)

11 (35)

10 (34)

 Masters

10 (33)

11 (18)

7 (23)

4 (14)

 Ph.D/MD

11 (37)

13 (22)

4 (13)

9 (31)

Race

 Black/African American

4 (13)

10 (17)

6 (19)

4 (14)

 Hispanic/Latino

4 (13)

10 (17)

5 (16)

5 (17)

 Asian/South Asian

6 (20)

7 (12)

4 (13)

3 (10)

 White

15 (50)

33 (55)

16 (52)

17 (59)

 Native American

1 (3)

0 (0)

0

0